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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]He moves around a lot, no?
Over the past five years, Berkowitz has served as the assistant principal at Hybla Valley Elementary School in Fairfax County Public Schools, vice principal of instruction at Cesar Chavez Public Charter School for Public Policy on Capitol Hill, assistant principal of Hardy Middle School at DCPS and summer school principal at Walker-Jones Education Campus for DCPS before joining the fellowship program in 2017.
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This is the corner into which ACPS has painted itself. They get either the castoffs that can't hold down long-term positions in other districts and then end up shuffling them around ACPS for years. This guy may not last at J-H very long, but unless he commits a crime, he'll probably just get transferred to another school or, even better, promoted to central office. [/quote]

Well stated, pp. Come back to VA Schools DCUM more frequently to share your insight. Decades have passed with ACPS being at the bottom of the VDOE state ratings. Decades (think about the lost opportunities for we residents and the City). By now, given our affluence, we should be near our local peers in state VDOE ranking. What were and are the school board and council/staff thinking: businesses would be drawn here in spite of mediocre ACPS?

If ACPS was rocking academically right now, it would have no problem in hiring great admins/teachers. Our salaries for our Super and fellow administrators are very competitive. We are indeed boxed into a corner by earned poor reputation. Personally, I'd rather put money into ACPS teachers than admin at this point.

I've watched this play out for over 30 years and even now if you read the school board candidate's goals, the focus remains on buildings rather than academics. Alexandria does need new buildings, but not constant overrun multi million buildings like TCWHS, JH, and ever contentious Patrick Henry Elementary. Jefferson Houston is an example of a beautiful building but unaccredited K-8 school. And yes, as to VDOE fudging (lowering) accreditation standards: view the ACPS school boards recent online (video) discussion on how the rules of the game are finally turning in ACPS favor. Hint: it lowers the standard.

Past time to wake up Alexandria residents! It's your hard earned, high tax money and our ACPS.[/quote]

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